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Distribution of age 0+ black sea bass, Centropristis striata, in the fall, winter, and spring based on composite 

 collections ( 1982-92) from the mid-Atlantic Bight and in the fall off the coast of Massachusetts ( 1982-92). 



dant in nearshore waters off Massachusetts (Fig. 10). 

 The age 0+ year class from some estuaries on the 

 south shore of Massachusetts has been described as 

 either rare (Waquoit Bay-Eel Pond estuary [Curley 

 et al., 1967]) or common (Quisset Harbor and 

 Wareham River [Sumner et al., 1913]; Bass River 

 [Curley et al., 1975]; Little Sippewisset Marsh 

 [Werme, 1981]; Great Harbor near Woods Hole [Lux 

 and Nichy, 1971]). In Bass River, where juveniles rep- 

 resented 9.39c (n=69) of the total catch, they were 

 most abundant in deeper ( 1-3 m) otter trawl catches 

 from August to October (Curley et al., 1975). In Little 

 Sippewisset Marsh they were found in the channels 

 of shallow marsh creeks (Werme, 1981), and juve- 

 nile black sea bass were regularly collected in Buz- 

 zards Bay and Vineyard Sound during the autumn 

 bottom trawl survey (Fig. 10). The abundance of age 

 0+ individuals in the region indicates that further 



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Abundance of age 0+ black sea bass, Centropristis 

 striata, in the Great Bay-Little Egg Harbor estuary 

 during 1992. See text for habitat designations and 

 Figure 2 for locations. 



